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		<title>Bangkok&#8217;s Poison Air is Poisoning Me Against Bangkok</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2022 15:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It's hard to find a more pro-Bangkok apologist than I. Many people love Bangkok, but few have lived here for as long as I have and not grown bored. If you've read this site before you'll know that I still find it endlessly fascinating. But the annual Poison Air season, in which we often cannot go outside because of air pollution, has made even a Bangkok nerd like myself wonder how long I can take it.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Back on the Bike!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2020 09:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Back in the day, I used to ride my bike a lot. Like, every other weekend I'd be off on a 60, 80, or even 100km ride (my personal maximum). But after having a kid and getting busy with other projects, my bike riding took a back seat, and I only tended to get out once every six weeks or so.

It's amazing how quickly your stamina drops off, because these days, I can barely manage to get up to 40k without wanting to pack it in. Granted, this is based on recent rides during the punishing summer heat, but still - my legs ain't what they used to be.]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Thailand Bike Adventure: 850km from Bangkok to Lampang</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2018 05:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Over the Songkran break this past April, two biking buddies of mine, Andrew and Bill, set out on a pretty audacious adventure – to bike from Bangkok to Lampang (near Chiang Mai) over 8 days.

First of all, I’m totally jealous. That seems like an incredible ride that I would love to do – but which, at my current level of fitness, would probably kill me. Second, that’s a pretty long ride, but the part that is most impressive about it is that they did it in April – the hottest month of the year.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Competing in (and Barely Finishing) Bangkok&#8217;s 2018 Vertical Marathon</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2018 01:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In 2004, my good friend Scott convinced myself, Dan, and Derek to take part in the vertical marathon, a yearly charity event wherein they somehow convince people to pay for the privilege of climbing up the stairwell of the Banyan Tree Hotel, a 64-storey hotel on Silom Road.

I joke, but it’s actually for a good cause, and an interesting challenge to one’s physical fitness; most anyone can walk or run – some faster/further than others, of course – but climbing stairs ain’t easy. There’s a reason that doctors use a single flight of stairs as a fitness test for victims of heart attacks.]]></description>
		
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		<title>You&#8217;ve Probably Bought Fake CDs But Have You Ever Eaten Counterfeit Food?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2016 15:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’ll be the first to admit that in the past, from time to time, I have bought counterfeit things. You know, in moments of extreme weakness. Taken a shortcut to save a few bucks. Usually it was for things that were pretty low profile – DVDs (back when people still bought those), shoes, sunglasses,  [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Shaking up my Commute &#8211; Riding a Bike to Work in Bangkok</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2015 08:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Update 2018: This whole experiment lasted about six months. It was fine while it lasted, but let’s be honest – it’s just a numbers game. As I’ve said before, riding a bike in Bangkok isn’t deadly, but it isn’t safe, and the more often you ride, the higher the chances are of something happening.  [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Bike Ride in Pictures: Samut Sakhon to Samut Songkhram</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2014 11:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One thing I enjoy about Bangkok is getting out on my bike and exploring the hidden corners that one rarely sees. That does the trick most of the time, but sometimes I get ambitious and plan a longer overnight trip, which is what I did this past weekend. In retrospect, it was probably a bit too hot  [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Visiting a Thai Hospital for a Quick Stitch-Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Aug 2013 10:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[So as I often do, I headed out for a bike ride with some friends today. I was going to meet them at Wong Wian Yai BTS station and take a new route down to the Gulf of Thailand for a bit of exploring and hopefully un-rained-on riding. However, as luck would have it the  [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Spending Time in a Salt Cave</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Every so often my dear ol' wife will come across an online coupon for a meal or a movie or a store that we check out. This has gotten a lot more prevelant with the rise of Groupon and, especially in Thailand, Ensogo. She recently came across a deal on something called a salt cave - indeed, it's name is Salt Cave. Bangkok is a city with no lack of trendy, often goofy fads, fashions and manias, and I figured this was one of them. Go and sit in a room full of salt...sure, why not, it'll be a laugh. But I did a bit of research online and, whaddya know, it's an actual thing! So, putting my cynicism aside, we went to the Salt Cave to sit and breathe the salty air.]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Few Thoughts on Thai Healthcare</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I've been away from Canada for so long now that I barely remember how the much-vaunted health care system works there anymore. Thankfully I've never needed a major operation, and any minor procedures I ever had done were just kind of...taken care of. Whenever I visited a doctor in Canada, I always trusted them 100%. Sure, you might get a second opinion, but you were always pretty sure that each doctor had your best interests in mind and that each one would narrow your ailment down to a fairly specific ballpark. But in Thailand, it sometimes takes a while to learn that things might not always be what they seem, and you have options as to the who, what, and where of your healthcare.]]></description>
		
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